US-Wahl
[uːˈʔɛsˌvaːl]
The verdict
“US-Wahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika stattfindende Wahl
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | US-Wahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [uːˈʔɛsˌvaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “US-Wahl” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
US-Wahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [uːˈʔɛsˌvaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika stattfindende Wahl".
US-Wahl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is US-Wahl, spelled U-S---W-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1eine in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika stattfindende Wahl
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “US-Wahl”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-S---W-A-H-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [uːˈʔɛsˌvaːl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.